Improvement in ox-yokes



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Patented May 18., 1869.

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.EDWARD N. HILLsGRoyE, 0F .CONCORDNEW HAMPSHIRE. y Lenen PalmN9.`9o,1o1, ma Mfr/y 18,1869.

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The `ScheduleA referred toin these Letters Patent and making'part of thesame.

New Hampshire, have inventedy a newand useful Improvenieirt` inOx-Yokes; `and I do hereby declare that the `following is a full, clear,and exactdescrption y thereof, refereneebeing had to the accompanyingdraw-v ings, of whichy l Figure 1 `is an sometrical drawing, showing oneend i 4of" my` yoke, as prepared for'use, and a ,section ofthe I otherend.`

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the neck-piece. l Figure 3 is anisometrical drawing of the neck-piece. 'Figure 4 is a drawing ofthe endof the beam of the 'For the purpose of enabling others skilled in theartf tomake and iu'se my invention, I will proceedA to de-v r scribe itsconstrnctionand mode of operation.

i When my yoke is completed, both ends are alike,

of course, and the end `marked A, iig. 1, represents the1 completedyoke. .y s

My yoke is made in three pieces, exclusivefof the bows, viz, lthe beama, iig. 1, and the-neck-piecesb b, l

`- i l platee, and the neck-pieces b b, and the do'gs k k, com` The endsof my beam are forked, as shown at o, fig. 4, andthe `neck-pieces areconstructed, as shown in the drawing ,f figs. 2 and3, and the partitiond, tig. 2, extends between the bows.

. l. Upon the top of myfbeam','I place the hook-plate e,

iig. 1, provided with holes,as shown in the figure.`

Through the neck-pieces pass the bows, and they f are then slipped uponthe beam.

. The bolts` g g pass loosely through-the neck-piece i and beam, and areconinedby-a nut at the lower end thereof', and the beam i'sfprovidedwith slots, shown at h h, iig. 4, whichwill permit the neck-pieces to bemoved upon the beam without taking out the bolts. Y

, Upon the inner end of my neck-pieces,- I provide the dog, or ratchetk, fig. 1, which may either operate Y with springs, or upon ahinge, andthe inner end of whichengages with the hook-plate, in the holesprovided'therefor, as shown;`y and, by means thereof, the

neck-piece may beadjnsted at any distance from the centre vof' the yoke.

By the use of my yoke, large and small cattle may 1 be worked together,and the draught eqnalized, by adjusting .the neck-pieces to give theadvantage, to the weaker animal; also, when .used with cattle of equalstrength, the yoke may be-made long or short, to suit the convenience ofthe driver.

I claim as my invention, and desire secure by Leti ters Patent- A yoke,constructed with the beam a a, the hookbined, arrangedfand adjusted asdescribed,` as vand for the purposes described and set forth. Y Y

l EDWARD N. HILLSGROVE. f Witnesses:

Oms. O. LUND, H. W. STEVENS.

